Horses.. We don’t ride horses, never rode them like some folks do…but we have had horses for years. Today, we have one less…
There are many teachings in scripture using the horse for illustration. “Do not be like the horse…which has no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.” (Ps. 32:9)
Old Dutch was like that. He was hard to catch. Once the bit was in his mouth, he was completely different. And these last few weeks, he has been different. He was old, he probably had cancer, or a failing heart…and he didn’t run when approached.
Aren’t we so like that? God calls us, and we prance off with our proud tail in the air, blowing back at Him, refusing to answer? When He finally gets His Hand on us, we realize how foolish we were to struggle against Him, that He is kind and gentle, only wanting to groom us and use us for the very purpose we were created.
When we are so tired and worn out from our running, when we grow old and weak, sick, needy…we welcome His Presence and His Touch.
I often joke that I am old and tired. But I am not. Neither am I young and ignorant. I have matured, I have experiences, I have training from life and from the Spirit of God working in my life.
Father, help us not to run when You call, but rather to anxiously submit to Your call. Lord, we want to willfully follow, fulfilling the very purposes You have for our life. Help us that we might do that while we are young and strong…not waiting until we exhaust ourselves with running, or when we have become weak and sick. But thank You Father God, that even then you love us and comfort us. Oh God, we want to have no regrets of being disobedient to Your call.
